Some might say that Jill Prickett has a one-TRAK mind. Prickett is the founder and executive director of Therapeutic Ranch for Animals and Kids (TRAK), a local nonprofit that works to strengthen kids and the community through animal interaction."My two passions are animals and kids, and I am a strong believer in doing for the community," she said.

The RSPCA destroys nearly half the animals it ‘rescues’ each year, with thousands being put down for non-medical reasons, shocking figures obtained by The Mail on Sunday reveal.The animal-welfare charity destroyed 53,000 animals last year – 44 per cent of those it took in – leading critics to claim that the organisation spends too much time on prosecuting cases of neglect and cruelty and not enough on finding new homes for animals.

Many people working in animal ethics think of insects as unconscious beings. They laugh at Descartes’s theory of “animal machine”, but they do not reject it insofar as they think it is possible that animals with sense organs, able to perceive and move by themselves, endowed with memory, able learn and to have a complex social life are not sentient.

I am an advocate for all animals, but I'm also a journalist, so I try to present all sides of the story and let people make an informed decision. Sometimes the choice is pretty clear, other times not. I don't advocate killing any wildlife, but I believe people need to make their own choices about what they can and can't tolerate in their homes and yards..

"It’s a place where I’ve seen love, trust and intuition that equals that of a mother and child; a home where a few humans have come together to save the lives of many precious creatures. My goal is to present the very important relationship and obligation we have to these animals."

This year, adoptions are at an all-time high - 3,087 as of Friday, just shy of a 3,100 goal. Only 137 animals have been put down, Calgiano said. Instead of one veterinarian, the SPCA employs a full-time vet and four part-timers. Public service and education programs have been instituted.

“Our goals are to educate, and we want also to rehabilitate too,” Ball said. “We want to show we have animals here that are always compassionate. They don’t judge, they don’t see jumpsuits, and they want to be loved. Our dogs can do that for them and they can do that for our dogs.”

Some of the most popular stories on the Good News Network in 2012 involved animals. Whether the largest elephant or smallest dog, they always reveal hearts of true compassion and evoke an equally compassionate response in us humans.

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Pioneering initiatives in Russia are gaining the increased attention of animal rights groups working towards a more humane world in which cruelty towards animals disappears altogether, whether this be cruelty for fur, cruelty for...

As of today, the sale and import of cosmetics and cleaning materials tested on animals will be illegal in Israel. The Israel Health Ministry said it would investigate and prosecute importers who violate the new law.

Rescue specialist Kim Little normally trains firemen, police and rescue response teams on what to do in the event of disaster. But Little, of Billings, spent most of November some 3,000 miles away, teaching emergency animal rescue.

Karen Smirmaul said that when she opened the Enerekh clinic in 2003, there was only one other veterinary clinic for small animals in the entire city. Now there are more than a dozen. Equally noteworthy, said Smirmaul, is a dramatic shift in Mongolians’ attitude toward animals. “The human-animal bond is really growing here,” she said. “People come into the clinic and say, ‘I have three kids: a boy, a girl, and a dog.’ Ten years ago, nobody said anything like that.”

While you might think you’re buying food that’s better for animals, for the environment, and/or for your health, the sad truth is that many of the terms and claims on meat, milk and eggs actually mean very little. They are used to hide the same old intensive farming systems that have been used for decades, a billion-dollar business that does not have animal welfare on its short list of priorities.

Insidious mistreatment of the kind that is alleged to have gone on at Twycross Zoo can be hard to detect by the lay visitor. We walk along paths through well maintained grounds to a welcoming reception. Everything appears clean and well kept. The seating is comfortable, the refreshments good and the general ambiance of the place is tasteful and nice. We see only well-fed creatures who appear to be adequately looked after. We go home happy, taken in by all the hype, and our trust in the benevolence of these commercial enterprises remains in tact.

The main excuse for attempting to justify animal testing is the belief that animals are inferior to us. Assuming that they are inferior because of “simple emotion” as Temple calls it, what difference is there between testing an animal or a child? This is where our speciesism comes into play. We continue to put our own well-being before that of another species – why is this? How is speciesism any different than racism?

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